Public Law Legislation Handbook 2012

Brookers Public Law Legislation 2012 brings together difficult to source imperial legislation, historic constitutional documents, and current domestic legislation in one comprehensive and convenient volume. The handbook has been designed as a practical and affordable companion to Philip Joseph’s Constitutional and Administrative Law in New Zealand (3rd edition, Brookers, 2007), with content that has been carefully developed and sourced to ensure broad and accurate coverage of public law.

This handbook is designed to meet the needs of students, academics, practitioners, government departments, as well as people interested in the constitutional history of New Zealand.

• A comprehensive collection of historic legislation and documents, along with current New Zealand legislation
• Practical thumbtabs
• Quality history notes, editorial notes and amendments pending in the New Zealand Legislation chapter
• User friendly table of statutes and regulations and a comprehensive subject index.
   

United Kingdom Statutes

• Magna Carta 1297 (extract)
• Statute of Westminster 1354 (Eng) (extract)
• Petition of Right 1627 (Eng)
• Bill of Rights 1688 (Eng)
• Act of Settlement 1700 (Eng)
• New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (UK) (as enacted)
• New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 (as amended in the period before the Act ceased to have effect on 1 January 1987)
• New Zealand Constitution (Amendment) Act 1857 (extracts)
• Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 (UK)
• Statute of Westminster 1931 (UK)
• New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1947 (UK)

New Zealand Constitutional Documents

• Declaration of Independence 1835 (English)
• Declaration of Independence 1835 (Maori)
• Letters Patent 1839
• Normanby’s Instructions to Hobson
• Treaty of Waitangi
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Treaty of Waitangi - Kawharu translation
• Hobson’s Proclamations of Sovereignty
• Charter of 1840
• Charter of 1846
• Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General 1917
• Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor-General 1983

New Zealand Legislation

• Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1947
• New Zealand Constitution Amendment (Request and Consent) Act 1947
• Judicature Amendment Act 1972
• New Zealand Constitution Amendment Act 1973
• Royal Titles Act 1974
• Ombudsmen Act 1975
• Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975
• Official Information Act 1982
• Constitution Act 1986
• Imperial Laws Application Act 1988
• New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
• Electoral Act 1993 (ss 1-204, 267, 268 and 271)
• Human Rights Act 1993 (Parts 1-4, 6)
• Interpretation Act 1999
• Habeas Corpus Act 2001
• High Court Rules 2008 (Part 30)

With added features:

• Table of Statutes and Regulations
• Subject Index